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#ACGME2019 Day 2 Round-Up
On this first full day of the ACGME Annual Educational Conference, attendees were encouraged to “reignite the fire” of passion that drives them to work in graduate medical education, and to rediscover their meaning in medicine.

#ACGME2019 Day 1: Pre-Conference Round-Up
Collaboration and connection were front-and-center during the six pre-conferences today at to kick off the 2019 Annual Educational Conference. The pre-conferences, which are designed to appeal to those across experience levels from a first-year coordinator to seasoned designated institutional official (DIO), mixed detailed information about ACGME accreditation with inspirational and aspirational examples of how each member of the graduate medical education (GME) community can positively influence the experience of patients, peers, colleagues, and themselves through their work and unique contributions.

The CLER Program: Here's What's Happening in 2019
As 2019 revs up, we thought it was a good time to look ahead at what the CLER Program has lined up for the coming year.

Transforming the Clinical Learning Environment: The ACGME’s Commitment to Collaborative Action

ACGME Chooses Pathway Leaders for Quality Improvement in Health Care Disparities Collaborative
The collaborative is third in a series to engage residents and fellows, improve their ability to provide quality health care.
The ACGME Releases CLER National Report of Findings 2018
This second report provides insight into changing clinical learning environments, and shows improvements in resident and fellow engagement in patient safety. The first report was released in 2016.
ACGME Seeks Proposals for Institutions to Join Collaborative Focused on Quality Improvement and Health Care Disparities
In this second in a series of collaboratives, participating teams will develop and test new models that equip learners with the skills they need to better engage in systems-based approaches to delivering high-quality care.
ACGME Pursuing Excellence in Clinical Learning Environments Initiative Halfway Through Journey
Teams of Pathway Innovators and Pathway Leaders attended Learning Sessions to share their experiences and advance the projects they initiated at their institutions.
Session Summary: SES119—The 21st-Century Physician: What SI2025 and CLER are Teaching Us
In one of the final sessions at the 2018 Annual Educational Conference on Sunday, March 4, a panel of ACGME executives, deans, a patient safety expert, and a resident spoke to the crowd about how medicine is changing and graduate medical education may need to evolve to serve patients well into the 21st century.

Session Preview: Friday's Three Big Plenaries
For the third year in a row, the Annual Educational Conference is featuring three theme-focused sessions following the Welcome and CEO Address on Friday morning. This year’s conference theme, Engaging Each Other: Transformation through Collaboration, encompasses an array of applications in health care and GME. These three sessions speak to that range, underscoring central issues facing physicians at all levels of experience.
